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  1. Comment on Interest in a new Tildes /~group?, ~Electronics or perhaps ~Makers? in ~tildes

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    Seconded. If it's not being used then adding more isn't going to change things. I personally don't know how to use tags/haven't used tags in the Three Cheers app and I'm likely not the only one....

    Seconded. If it's not being used then adding more isn't going to change things. I personally don't know how to use tags/haven't used tags in the Three Cheers app and I'm likely not the only one.

    Maybe it's a communications blitz about how tags works? Which ones have the most activity?

    4 votes
  2. Comment on How would you rate adulthood? in ~life

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    Amen. One can always hope! To you, too. If anything, being a parent sure isnt dull!

    Amen. One can always hope! To you, too.

    If anything, being a parent sure isnt dull!

    1 vote
  3. Comment on How would you rate adulthood? in ~life

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    Totally fair. I'm with you on the video game front. In fact, I'm building a four screen Mame machine right now so that she knows games from year 4 onward ;)

    Totally fair. I'm with you on the video game front. In fact, I'm building a four screen Mame machine right now so that she knows games from year 4 onward ;)

    1 vote
  4. Comment on How would you rate adulthood? in ~life

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    Haha - forget Harrison Ford or James Cameron's careers beginning in their 40's - The Greatest Adventure of Master Baggins is the high watermark we must aspire to!

    Haha - forget Harrison Ford or James Cameron's careers beginning in their 40's - The Greatest Adventure of Master Baggins is the high watermark we must aspire to!

    4 votes
  5. Comment on How would you rate adulthood? in ~life

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    I'm telling myself that the decision to have kids will absolutely be worth it when we're in our 60s and 70s. Nothing looks familiar anymore, our friends are dying and we have this latent,...

    I'm telling myself that the decision to have kids will absolutely be worth it when we're in our 60s and 70s.

    Nothing looks familiar anymore, our friends are dying and we have this latent, desperate need to belong to a world that no longer needs us.

    I'm hoping that my kid doesn't just put us in a home, because we'll need somebody to help us program our neurallink to record Seinfeld reruns

    3 votes
  6. Comment on How would you rate adulthood? in ~life

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    At 40 with a one year old, I feel you. It's all routine, burning the candle at both ends and repeating it over and over. Not sure if you child is in daycare, but the first week we put mine in, she...

    At 40 with a one year old, I feel you. It's all routine, burning the candle at both ends and repeating it over and over. Not sure if you child is in daycare, but the first week we put mine in, she came home sick and well...

    I never appreciated how screwy the sick kid situation was until I had to experience it.

    As for male friends, that's interesting. I have the opposite - all of the dudes with kids want to hang and play video games, and to the contrary, all of my female friends have disappeared and just want to hang with other women (of which I am not).

    2 votes
  7. Comment on How would you rate adulthood? in ~life

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    Life's responsibilities always get in the way of a multi-day hobby bender. I miss it too.

    Life's responsibilities always get in the way of a multi-day hobby bender. I miss it too.

    2 votes
  8. Comment on How would you rate adulthood? in ~life

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    Well, they do say that youth is wasted on the young. I'd also like to add that unlike the Disney/Square Enix/everything instruction manual says, the the protagonist typical age of 15 to 22 is not...

    Well, they do say that youth is wasted on the young.

    I'd also like to add that unlike the Disney/Square Enix/everything instruction manual says, the the protagonist typical age of 15 to 22 is not when you do the most adventuring, leveling up or god killing. No, that's false E3 booth advertising and his little to do with the scenes and characters actually included in the game.

    3 votes
  9. Comment on If eyes emitted light, could they still see? in ~science

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    Gnomes with mirrors behind your own sunglasses perhaps? Maybe the reason for starting a thread about such a topic? 😉

    Gnomes with mirrors behind your own sunglasses perhaps? Maybe the reason for starting a thread about such a topic? 😉

  10. Comment on Do you think stressful games are kind of bad for your health? in ~games

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    The flashlight dependence kept me away. I'd rather not shit my pants thank you very much

    The flashlight dependence kept me away. I'd rather not shit my pants thank you very much

    1 vote
  11. Comment on If eyes emitted light, could they still see? in ~science

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    Force dimension must be some deep comic explanation that I skipped over thanks to my Fox Kids cartoon diet of X-Men. I guess our answer is in the description of how the glasses work. Reflective...

    Force dimension must be some deep comic explanation that I skipped over thanks to my Fox Kids cartoon diet of X-Men.

    I guess our answer is in the description of how the glasses work.

    Reflective inner lenses that project the force dimension back in on itself where, some little gnome deduces dictates what it sees to Cyclops' earpiece?

    I'll never look it up so I'll never know.

    1 vote
  12. Comment on How would you rate adulthood? in ~life

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    Hah - same by most accounts. I think that it's an important part of the lexicon when discussing the trans experience, but it's not a word that I chose for myself.

    Hah - same by most accounts. I think that it's an important part of the lexicon when discussing the trans experience, but it's not a word that I chose for myself.

    2 votes
  13. Comment on If eyes emitted light, could they still see? in ~science

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    I didn't run a search but upon scanning, I'm disappointed that I didn't even see one comment about the XMan Cyclops and his magic sunglasses.

    I didn't run a search but upon scanning, I'm disappointed that I didn't even see one comment about the XMan Cyclops and his magic sunglasses.

    1 vote
  14. Comment on How would you rate adulthood? in ~life

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    New Game + is cool, but is it as good the second time around if you already know what's going to happen? Would it still be *your life * with those changes made? Cool link.

    New Game + is cool, but is it as good the second time around if you already know what's going to happen? Would it still be *your life * with those changes made?

    Cool link.

    1 vote
  15. Comment on How would you rate adulthood? in ~life

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    I have to admit, I was looking for a few more breakdowns of life's gameplay, graphics, plot and sound design in this thread :) For me, I've treated most everything after high school as one part...

    I have to admit, I was looking for a few more breakdowns of life's gameplay, graphics, plot and sound design in this thread :)

    For me, I've treated most everything after high school as one part heroes journey, one part 'let yourself off the hook' and one part 'once more with feeling". My friends, living arrangements and goals were more carefree than many would be comfortable with, but they were my choices and with that, comes a level of freedom to be yourself that I don't think many people enjoy to the same degree. For that reason, in still riding high at an 8 or 9.

    To break that down, a through line in my life is that I was always a distracted kid whose interests outside of school stole his attention away from school. It made traditional work and education an aimless endeavor in the early years, and especially so since I come from a single parent household, little money and a zero postsecondary experience among my extended family.

    Following an education in the arts and a career in the turbulent world of film and TV production, I felt no shame going back to school in my mid-20s for a desk job that's creative adjacent (communications). Working at the university that I'd finish a free graduate degree at, I'm about to shift careers again into urban planning and land use.

    My life hasn't been a straight line, but I feel like breaking the mold I came from in more ways than one has been liberating in the best way. At 40 now, I have a great partner, a one year old, a house and a career and couldn't be happier.

    ...I also have a boatload of half finished projects, a history of moving on to new careers prematurely and a perpetual Peter Pan-like abdication of taking on more responsibility with work.

    The road behind is littered with these corpses, but whatever, who isn't a walking contradiction. I think it's that statement that helps me sleep at night. Some people have hyper focused skill trees, others are generalists - nobody's good at everything and everybody has a fatal flaw.

    6 votes
  16. Comment on How would you rate adulthood? in ~life

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    Man, sorry to hear it. When it comes to a lessening interest in video games, I feel ya. There's a strong part of me that still remembers and kings for the joy games brought me during my...

    Man, sorry to hear it. When it comes to a lessening interest in video games, I feel ya. There's a strong part of me that still remembers and kings for the joy games brought me during my adolescence, but there's no recapturing that feeling. It's gone, and not because the games are any different (try playing your childhood favourites over :/), but because we've changed.

    While it sounds like a mixed bag in terms of results, there's a big upswing in the number of people using AI chatbots for therapy. If anything, it might help to sort out some of your feelings about your parents, your job and what you want out of the next year.

    Also, I wish I'd studied history. I did a general studies/communications degree in Canada and while that feeds into comms jobs, the rigor and knowledge one gets from a history degree is unmatched.

    Props on the flat purchase as well.

    Hold in there.

    3 votes
  17. Comment on How would you rate adulthood? in ~life

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    DIY home repairs for the win :). I just learned that the last person to renovate this old place detached the central heating duct to my daughter's room because.. reasons? Props for your choice of...

    DIY home repairs for the win :). I just learned that the last person to renovate this old place detached the central heating duct to my daughter's room because.. reasons?

    Props for your choice of personal descriptor, too. Everybody gets to choose what they're called, and for me to, Cis is not it.

    5 votes
  18. Comment on US President Donald Trump and the attention economy in ~society

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    It's a terrible shame that, like you said, the pace of news and the speed of information means that nobody is being forced into the slow journalism mindset we all used to live in. On one hand, I...

    It's a terrible shame that, like you said, the pace of news and the speed of information means that nobody is being forced into the slow journalism mindset we all used to live in.

    On one hand, I get the race for attention. The engagement you get provides a fraction of the compensation that ad dollars used to provide. On top of that, the playing field is full and filled with noise.

    The only thing you can do is to be there first, hyper target your segment of the audience and hope for some of those sweet diminishing returns to pay your single writer/editor/reporter/producer/editor.

    On the other hand, it's like you said.

    5 votes
  19. Comment on Denis Villeneuve eyes a new hard sci-fi epic adaptation, ‘Rendezvous with Rama’ in ~movies

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    I could see it playing out like Arrival or something like that. Frankly, I'd love to see more sci fi that doesn't cut to a chase to keep things interesting.

    I could see it playing out like Arrival or something like that.

    Frankly, I'd love to see more sci fi that doesn't cut to a chase to keep things interesting.

    2 votes
  20. Comment on AI video editing helpers are changing my life in ~creative

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    Haha - I bet. Ingesting and processing footage is the absolute worst, and for me at least, I find very few creative moments come out of that process.

    Haha - I bet. Ingesting and processing footage is the absolute worst, and for me at least, I find very few creative moments come out of that process.

    1 vote